Biomass Burning Effects on the Western Africa Climate: the NASA-Unified WRF Simulation for 9–16 August 2006 during the AMMA Special Observing

Takamichi Iguchi1,2, Toshihisa Matsui1,2, Zhining Tao2,3, Dongchul Kim2,4 and Charles M Ichoku2, (1)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Columbia, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States